I researched how 50+ companies evaluate designers and employees, including Etsy, Dropbox, Square, Figma, Zendesk, and Intercom. In the book, I present actionable frameworks and tactics on 12 competencies top companies require designers to have >>

Advertising used to be about big ideas, creating desire, and building aspirational worlds. Now it's mostly about optimization, efficiency, and arbitrage. A lot of the industry is closer to finance than it is to creative at this point, but we're loathe to admit it.

Sadly, I concur.

It's not rocket science, but it's good stuff... vanschneider.com/blog/how-to-pr…

Heard this before too 💪

Another day of working on a computer to achieve the dream of making enough money to never work on a computer

Had a chat with friend and his words punched me in the gut... "What if we're burnt out not because we're doing too much, but because we're doing too little of what lights us up."

#CalvinandHobbes

First official half-day back for 2024. Predictably sloowww and stodgy.

A marketing reminder I needed to hear today: "You aren't advertising to a standing army. You're advertising to a moving parade." - Ogilvy

✨ The all-new Figma 101 course is now live and it’s completely free! This course teaches the basics of Figma in one hour with 12 fast-paced videos. It’s meant for beginners, but I’ve had a bunch of seasoned Figma users tell me they learned a lot as well. Here’s a break down of

BREAKING: Agency Scrambles To Figure Out How To Do Something They Claimed They Were Really Good At in Pitch

YouTube feature where only one person can watch a video at a time

🥳 It's an exciting day! 🥳 Thanks to @Webflow GSAP is now 100% FREE - including ALL of the bonus plugins like SplitText, MorphSVG, and all the others that were exclusively available to Club GSAP members. We can't wait to see what you make!

20% of burnout is working too hard. 80% of burnout is working on stuff you hate.

"Talk doesn't cook rice." – Chinese Proverb

brand guidelines are the floor, not the ceiling. they’re there to protect the essence of the brand, not to suffocate creativity

I vibe-coded a SaaS in 4 hours. Launched it 5 months ago. I still have zero customers.

When you "click to follow" in the file

From Quadruple, to Treble, to “just win the league” 😭😭😭😭🤲🏾🤲🏾